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Ernst August von Hannover: Prince at large after arrest

2020-09-09T15:15:32.732Z


Ernst August von Hannover was arrested in Austria after a fit of anger and was taken to the Wels prison. Now the prince has been released subject to conditions.


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Prince Ernst August of Hanover at the Oktoberfest in 2014

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Ernst August von Hanover is at large again after his arrest.

The 66-year-old left the Wels prison in the afternoon.

The police in Wels said that he was released under certain conditions.

He was instructed to stay in a certain place, not to make contact with the alleged victims and to stay away from the alleged crime scene.

According to the public prosecutor's office, Ernst August was arrested on Monday in Austria, where he owns a property.

He is charged with resistance to state power, dangerous threats and attempted coercion.

The public prosecutor's office accuses the 66-year-old of threatening an officer in three incidents in the past few weeks, slightly injuring an officer and threatening to urge a couple to leave a building.

The House of Hanover did not want to comment.

Even the law firm of the Guelph Prince did not want to comment on the content of the matter.

"A provisional gun ban has been issued"

Since it was the third incident within a few weeks, the public prosecutor applied for arrest, said the spokesman for the authorities.

On July 15, Ernst August von Hannover had already resisted police intervention.

A police officer was slightly injured during the operation.

In addition, the 66-year-old's weapons, which he had for hunting reasons, were taken away.

"A preliminary gun ban has been imposed," said the spokesman.

On July 20, Ernst August von Hannover is said to have taken a taxi to a police station.

Prosecutors said he was carrying a baseball bat.

Previously, he had met a police officer on the street whom he had verbally threatened.

According to the public prosecutor's office, the great-grandson of the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II, faces up to three years in prison in the event of a final conviction.

Until then, the presumption of innocence applies.

Ernst August belongs to the royal family of the Guelphs.

Last year Ernst August von Hanover's family hit the headlines because Ernst August junior wanted to sell the Marienburg Welfenschloss to a foundation in Lower Saxony for one euro - against his father's wishes.

Ernst August junior had drawn attention to the high debts that the operating company of the castle had accumulated under the direction of the Guelphs.

The Marienburg is the old summer residence of the Princely House of the Welfs.

The castle, built between 1858 and 1867 in the neo-Gothic style, is located around 20 kilometers south of Hanover and has been preserved in an almost authentic form, including its furnishings.

Today it serves as a destination.

The sale of the property to the foundation, negotiated between the state government and Ernst August junior, is politically controversial.

The castle is dilapidated.

It is to be renovated for a total of 27 million euros with funds from the federal government and the state of Lower Saxony.

Lower Saxony had stopped selling.

The Guelphs should first solve their family quarrel.

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Source: spiegel

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